The Non-Flat and Continually Changing Frequency Response of Multiband Compressors

Vickers E. The Non-Flat and Continually Changing Frequency Response of Multiband Compressors. In: AES Convention 129. Audio Engineering Society; 2010. Paper 8211. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15633

@inproceedings{Vickers2010_15633,
  author = {Vickers, Earl},
  title = {{The Non-Flat and Continually Changing Frequency Response of Multiband Compressors}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 129},
  note = {Paper 8211},
  year = {2010},
  month = nov,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15633}
}

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AB  - Multiband dynamic range compressors are powerful, versatile tools for audio mastering, broadcast and playback. However, they are subject to certain problems relating to frequency response. First, when excited by a time-varying narrow-band input such as a swept sinusoid, they create unwanted magnitude peaks at the band boundaries. Secondly, and more importantly, the frequency response continually changes, which may have unwanted effects on the long-term average spectral balance. This paper proposes a frequency-domain solution for the unwanted magnitude peaks, whereby slight adjustments to the band boundaries prevent sinusoidal peaks from being midway between two bands. For the second problem, a real-time spectral balance compensation may be implemented in either the time or frequency domain.
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